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author | Ossama Othman <ossama-othman@users.noreply.github.com> | 1999-11-15 00:21:00 +0000 |
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committer | Ossama Othman <ossama-othman@users.noreply.github.com> | 1999-11-15 00:21:00 +0000 |
commit | e0edeb7e3b539c1adb394462477ae34cecb8eb36 (patch) | |
tree | 924b2deb6ea9f8ff9e31b171889b640875e1fa90 /ACE-configuration.txt | |
parent | ac9226bf2d18ed9e9a45e43fd2266ef049667213 (diff) | |
download | ATCD-e0edeb7e3b539c1adb394462477ae34cecb8eb36.tar.gz |
ChangeLogTag:Sun Nov 14 18:13:37 1999 Ossama Othman <othman@cs.wustl.edu>
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diff --git a/ACE-configuration.txt b/ACE-configuration.txt index 2ed4d444959..cb68fad0edc 100644 --- a/ACE-configuration.txt +++ b/ACE-configuration.txt @@ -1,31 +1,62 @@ ----------------------------------------------------------------- -Configuring ACE Using the `configure' Script ----------------------------------------------------------------- - -To help speed development, the work being done by the ACE Configuration Project -is being slowly introduced into the official ACE distribution. Some of the -functionality in the work created by the ACE Configuration Project has been -removed so that ACE may be built in the usual fashion. Once the ACE -Configuration Project work stabilizes on more platforms that removed -functionality may be added to ACE. +* $Id$ * -Currently the configure script contains most of the tests that are necessary to -properly configure ACE on most platforms. However, there are still some -autoconf tests that are missing. As such, you may encounter and most likely -will have compilation problems. Please report any problems to the contacts -listed at the end of this document. - -The `configure' script that is currently being used has been modified from the -ACE Configuration Project's `configure' script to prevent makefiles from -being automatically generated since there are still some issues that must be -addressed before automatically generated makefiles are incorporated into the -official ACE distribution. - -A listing of available configure script options can be shown by entering +================================================================ +Configuring ACE Using the `configure' Script +================================================================ + +QuickStart +---------- +Since autoconf support in ACE is still under development, to enable +support for autoconf in ACE, run the script `bootstrap' in the `bin' +directory found in the top-level ACE source directory from the +top-level source directory. For example, the following set of +commands will set up ACE's autoconf support, and cause ACE to be +configured and built: + + + bin/bootstrap + mkdir objdir + cd objdir + ../configure --enable-maintainer-mode. + make + +Note that this bootstrapping procedure requires that GNU Autoconf (>= +2.13), GNU Automake (>= 1.4) and GNU libtool (>= 1.3.3) are installed +and available in your path in order for the procedure to be +successful. Once autoconf support in ACE is fully integrated, these +requirements will not be necessary. You will be able to simply run +the configure script without any options. + +Description +----------- +To help speed development, the work being done by the ACE +Configuration Project is being slowly introduced into the official ACE +distribution. Some of the functionality in the work created by the +ACE Configuration Project has been removed so that ACE may be built in +the usual fashion. Once the ACE Configuration Project work stabilizes +on more platforms that removed functionality may be added to ACE. + +Currently the configure script contains most of the tests that are +necessary to properly configure ACE on most platforms. However, there +are still some autoconf tests that are missing. As such, you may +encounter and most likely will have compilation problems. Please +report any problems to the contacts listed at the end of this +document. + +The `configure' script that is currently being used has been modified +from the ACE Configuration Project's `configure' script to prevent +makefiles from being automatically generated since there are still +some issues that must be addressed before automatically generated +makefiles are incorporated into the official ACE distribution. + +A listing of available configure script options can be shown by +entering: ./configure --help -at the command line. The output should look something like the following: +at the command line. The output should look something like the +following: + Usage: configure [options] [host] Options: [defaults in brackets after descriptions] |